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AUCTION SALE OF CHOICE FARMS NEAR MAYESVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, October 11th, at 10.30 a. m. The Wm, Mills place. 3 miles from Mayesville, S. C, on the Bishopville road, adjoining O. C. Scarborough's, containing 900 acres having on it one nice dwelling house and several tenant houses, will be cut up into 15 or 20 small farms, all adjoining, so you can buy from 50 acres up and have any size farm you wish, to be sold at auction on the property. A large per cent of each 51 acre farm is in cultivation, producing a bale of cotton per acre ; also noted for Jts excellent neighborhood, schools and churches. It is giving the man with little means a chance to buy a farm to suit himself in size at his own price and oo easy terms. One of the best roads in the county runs right through the property. Music by the Brass Band.. A barbecue will be served on the grounds. Come out and have a good time at our expense. Many valuable Silver Souvenirs given away at this sale. Easy terms: One-fourth cash, with interest on deferred payments. Remember the date, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11; AND TIME, 10,30 A. M. PINNIX REALTY ? AUCTION COMPANY. . M. H. PINNIX, Mgr.. Greensboro, N. C. MOVKV TO WASTE Expre*?? Me*??cnger Ton* Vp 11111s of ( I .ante In nomination- and Scatter? ed Stiver Coins, Waycross. O.?., Sept. 25.?Hundred dollar bill*. fifties and other smaller <b nominations were torn Into shreds aad silver coin by the bag full were scattered about an express car today by C. F. Radford. express messenger on the Atlantic Coast Line train No. 21. before he was finally subdued and landed In Jail here. Radford cl dmed he Insisted In Sa? vannah that be should not be eem c?it on t\? r .a becau*? of his condi? tion, that he was intoxicated and did not know what he was doing In throwing away the money from the safe. Tr.e lose. If any. will not be known until the money packages are care? fully checked. Between M.000 and fid.OOS was on board and most of thla amount was recovered from Bedford's bosom and tro'iser pock* eta. according to the officers. I \IIH ' CASK TRIED. Affair* of Old State Dispensary to be Aired Again. Columbia, Sept. 21.?The final week of Criminal Court convened this morning, but the opening sesalon was brief. it hsd been agreed by the State's attorneys aad counsel for the defence that the "label" case would be called tomorrow, and with this an nouacement court adjourned until tomorrow morning. The "label" case hi one of the so railed dispensary graft cases. John Bell Towlll. W. O. Tatum. If. A. Ooodman and Dennis Welsknpf are charged with conspiring to defraud the State out or $22.500 in the pur? chase of labels for the bottling de? partment of the dispensary system. Attorney General Lyon will be assist? ed la the prosecution by Assistant At? torney General DeBruhl sod Solicitor Wade Hampton Cobb. Messrs. Nel? son. Nelson and Gettys represent the defendants in the hearing of dispen? sary cases. It will be necessary to draw other Jurors, as the venire will likely he exhausted on account of dismissals and rejections by the re? spective attorneys. Death at Summerton. Summerton. Sept. 25.?Mrs. El'za C. Tlndal. rsttst of Col. Esra Allen Tmdal. who represented Clarendon county for SfVSfsl years In the house of representatives, died at her home hers about noon yesterday, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Tlndal was well past 70 years of age. being the old 'St Inhabitant of Summ??rton and prob, bly more closely Identified with history of this town than any one 1 else hereabouts. Mrs. Tlndal was ?.?? fore her marrl ig.* Mum Kliaa Duk. s. her father having been before tha war one si ,v ? most prominent cot? ton factors of the city of Charleston. She was a woman of rar*? ? ulturc. las wtdetr read In all the best l!t-r ature. She was much glvn to char? ity !a an unostentatious manner. She was a i.*or?slstent member of the Pr s hrterisn churh. The funeral ser? vices weie condSjSJSSi from her late horn* today at 11 o'clock, after whlrh r i remains wer?? burled besld? tho?i*? of her husband In the family burying ground. One sister. Mrs. James Carson, and two daughters, Mssdamet W. IT An lerson and John K*r*haw. of Summerton. survi. u r Following the publication of the notice of Incorporation of the Cres? cent Fertiliser Company rumors havo been rife of the location In Sumter of one or more other fertiliser fac? tories. The rumors cm not be run down and the facts obtained, but them Is said to be tnnro than bib ? back of th* various reports. IN Tili: POLICE COURT. II. L. TlMlale Found not (.ullty by a Jury of Eire Men. The case of the city against H. L. Tlsdale for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk of Calhoun street last Fri? day came up in the police court Tues? day morning, Mr. Yisdale being ac? quitted by the Jurj which heard the case. Mr. Tlsdale was arrested Friday af? ternoon along with others by Police? man Owens for riding on the side? walk, of Calhoun Street. On last Sat? urday the others p?ld thtir fine of It' each, for riding on the sldewallk. but Mr. Tlsdale asked for a jury trial and secured an attorney. Mr. M. RejTolds. to represent him. Mr. Tls? dale Ciilmed not to have ridden on the sidiwalk at the time for which the arre't was made. In view of the fact that the case has attracted considerable attention, especially among those who have paid fines for riding on the sidewalk, there were a number of witnesses and spectators present at the trial. All of the witnesses practically agreed upon the fact that the street wan In a pretty bad condition, but the majority of them thought that it could have been ridden on with a bicycle with , some difficulty. Among the witnesses were some of those who had been convicted of riding on the sidewalk. Mr. P. P. Booth stat? ed that the street had not been com? pletely finished yet. but that it had been opened up for traffic. The street waa clayed last spring and summer and it seems from the evi? dence that it Is generally in a bad condition after a rain. Mr. Owens stated that he had been on the edge of the street in front of the new building which Is going up there when Mr. Tlsdale passed him riding on a wheel and that Mr. Tls? dale turned up on the sidewalk at a point opposite Harby avenue and rode on on the sidewalk until he turned the corner at Salem street. Tie said that he had watched him do this and that he had not stopped him as he thought that he would see him on his return. i On the other hnnd Mr. Tlsdale tes? tified that he was an expert bicyclist and that he had stayed in the street, although It was in a bad condition. He had ridden in the street both go? ing to dinner and returning. It. took the Jury only a few minutes to return the verdict of "not guilty" aft*r the ense had been left to them, following the argument made by Mr. Reynold* and the charge made by Recorder Leo. <>th<T rases were: Euston John? son, violating automobllo ordinance by exceodlng the speed limit. He pb?nded not guilty through his coun? sel. Mr. H. P. M<?ls.\ but Wae found guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or to serve 20 days . Hercules Pavls, riding bicycle on fo-hldden sidewalk, $2.00. I ? FTRF AT ItEMIVf. r.in Holls?? of j. .?. R(km Destroyed, Treu.I. Sept. 2."?. The tfin house In th?- ft.?mini lection owned by J. J. Pi ?ej eras destroyed yesterday morn* Imr hy fire. Mr Rom mvk everything points to th? f.ict that It was fohhed and set on tire. The l?iss is about $1,00 with iio Insurance. There are msnv signs that point to a now *T.i of pronreee, development and growth for Stirn*? r. I-'or the pa.si two or three years thing** have been at a standstill and the knockers and croaker* have had a most en lovable time. They will elth If have to cbaturc their tune or MOVe awav?preferably the latter. A ennstlttitlon.il knock Of mnr hi silenced for a while hut he Is only waiting a chance to mal e up for lost time. gas franchise granted to edward l. rieha wob baltimore co. Pro|x?scd Extension of South Main Street Paving?Proposition to Al? low Soda Wuter Fountains to do Business on Sunday?Appropria? tion for S. l. i.?Horse Oruerea Purchased for Fire Department. City Council met Tuesday night in a session that lasted until near mid? night, all of the members being pres? ent except Alderman Wright. The principal subjects discussed were the granting of a gas franchise to Mr. Edward L. Rieha, for a Baltimore concern, the extension of South Main street paving and. the purchase of a horse for the fire department, the proposition to allow soda water stands to run on Sunday and the appropria tion to the Sumter Light Infantry. Two gas franchises were in the hands of council for their consider? ation, one from Mr. Edgar G. Jones of Baltimore, and the other from Mr. Edward L. Rieha of Baltimore. The franchise was granted to Mr. Uleha and his associates. It was decided that a part of the appropriation yearly alloted to the Sumter Light Infantry be granted now and the rest of the appropriation be paid at the first of January when council was in a better financial con? dition. The request of Mr. J. Fred Wise that council allow all soda water fountains to remain open on Sunday, in view of the fact that at present the ordinance requiring Sunday clos? ing was not strictly enforced, was re? fused and a recommendation was made that the police be required to rigidly enforce the Sunday closing or? dinance. Messrs J. R. Ligon. J. K. Cross well. R. I. Manning. Geo. D. Shore, 8. C. Baker, C. G. Rowland and Geo. F Epperson requested council to ex? tend the paving on Main street one block further down toward the rail? road. They would h nd the money free of Interest for this work. They made the request .now so that the present contractor could simply go on with the work until he had com? pleted the next block below that al? ready contracted for. Council, after going Into executive session on this proposition, decided to grant the re? quest, provided the parties dr-siring the extension of the paving were willing to furnish the funds for the paving fee of interest until January 1, 1913. Thes" matters were taken up In regular order of business and aft ed upon, Immediately after the read? ing and approval of tin- minutes of the last meeting, communications re? ceived by the clerk and treasurer wen taken up and disposed of. A letter from Mr. I. C, Strauss stat? ing that the Sumter Lighting Com pany did not care to submit an appli? cation for a gas franchise was re? ceived as Information. a hui from the Sumter Telephone Manufacturing Company for blue ?tone told to the city some time ago i i presented and ordsrsd paid. Mr. a. V. Snell, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that i e had rsoelved n Isttsr from council asking that certain moving pictures be not taken until a later date, lb had not taken tlx. pictures of sln-ei sosass, which oounoll did not dsslre taken at that time, but had taken Oth er pictures and the representative of the moving picture company would return hsre to take pictures of street ?Genet later. ("apt. Geo. <\ Warren and Ll< 'it. I*. m. Brown asked that council grant the Sumtep Lfgh! Inlanfry their an null appropriation. Mr. McLaurltl asked If this appropriation could not t?o delayed until January, but upon I the statement by Capt. Warren that at least part of the fund was needed HOW by the company, it was decided t<? grant $100 of the appropriation now and the balance in January, ! this appropriation being for the year. 1 <U1-'12. Mr. J. Fred Wise asked that coun? cil allow establishments selling soft drinks to remain open on Sundays. He said that as the ordinance was not enforced at present, conditions were no* fair to him and others who were closed. He was In favor of allowing ail of the drug stores and soda water places to sell openly. Mr. Who's re? quest was taken up and was refused, while at the same time it was order? ed that the police be more viligant in enforcing the Sunday ordinance. Mr. Geo. F. Epperson stated that he had commenced an automobile business about the first of Septem? ber. He had later been called upon to pay the regular automobile deal? er's license of $25. He was willing to pay this license for this year, but he was not willing to pay this much without council promising to allow a pro rata share of this to go on his license next January when it was paid. He thought that it would be unjust to him or anybody else to be required to pay a full license for the year when he had done business only a part of the year. This matter was taken up later and council grant? ed the request. Mr. Epperson also asked that coun? cil pay half on a concrete sidewalk which he was going to place around his residence on the corner of Main and Warren streets. He said that h* was willing to pay for work and the city could reimburse him next Jan? uary, or he was willing to take out half of the cost when he paid his taxes or license next January'. This i request was also granted, provided the sidewalk for the whole block was paved and the residents were willing to wait for payment until the city had funds to pay for that work. The finance committee had no rrt- 1 port to make at this meeting. Mr. Booth, for the public works committee, stated that routine work 1 eras being carried on at various places throughout the city. He said that storm pipes was being laid on Main I street in front of the paving contrac j tors. Two mules which had been loaned to the city by Mr. McLauiin] had been taken back, several streets j were being paved as the rock was be-J j Ing hauled off Main street. i Mr. Glenn for the fire commltteel I reported that the fire department was in a worse condition than ever. He had nothing to say about apparatus is that would be arranged for at thej meeting next Tuesday. He did re-j ?Miest, however, that council order the purchase of a fire horse, as one J of those owned was out of condition I and would probably never recover. He was in favor of buying a Cheap I horse which would do the work re- j ?niired of it. This horse could hel sold as soon as the fire apparatus ar-J rived, as one of the hos? wagons] could probably be dispensed with. Atj present the city was paying two dol- I lars a day for rent of a horse and at j this rate it wouhl not be long before I Do- expense would he more than the j cost of a new horse, it was upon I this showing that council ordered thel purchaee of a new hone for the ftre J department Mr. J. P. Booth stated! that he bad a horse that he would j loan the city until a good horse I could he purchased. ' Mr. Glonn stated that he had sentl out letters i<? various houses which I sold tire apparatus and that h< had I received replies stating that these I houses would be repr sent- <l next I Tuesday, Mr. sfcKelver for the special com-| mlttee appointed to look int.? thel building <>r public t<? 11 ?t bouses In th'l city reported thai eight were needed! and thai it would coil $500 to buildI ihem. Mr. MteLauiin moved to defer I action in this matter until after Jan? uary first, which motion was carried. It was reported for the committee consisting- of Messrs. McLaurin, Mc Keiver, Cuttino and the Mayor, who had the gas franchise matter in hand, that two meetings of that com? mittee had been held and that it wad recommended that the franchise sub? mitted by Mr. Rieha be accepted. A franchise from Mr. Edgar G. Jones was received and read, as well as were several telegrams but were n<">: considered by council at their meet? ing. Mr. A. V. Bnall, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that he had been over the matter of establishing a gas plant here with both Mr. Jones and Mr. Rieha and that he thought that Mr. Riehes proposition was the best. Mr. Rieha stated that the gas manufactured by them was called earborated water gas. but it was made out of certain oils. It was used in most of the cities in this State which used gas and fur? nished a better light and about the same heat as other kinds of gas. Mr. Glenn stated that he was not in favor of giving away something that was valuable for nothing. He thought that certain arrangements should be made whereby the com? pany paid the city for what it got. He wanted to go on record as being opposed to the giving away of the franchise. A motion WSJ then made that the recommendation of the committee be adopted and that the franchise be adopted as an ordinance. This reso? lution was passed, Mr. Glenn voting against it. Mr. Rieha thanked council for their action in passing the ordinance. He stated, in answer to questions, that the company in putting down the gas lines would tear up just as little of the street pavement as possible. Mr. R. I. Manning then stated briefly a proposition which was of in? terest to the people of one part of the City. He said that he thought it would be to the benefit of the city for the paving on Main street to be ex? tended on down one block towards the railroad and requested that council consider the proposition which was Sst before them. Persons interested in hav ing that street paved were wil? ling to shoulder the burden of cost until next year when the mnoey could be refunded. It would be years before more work was done in that neighborhood and the request was made now. so that the contractor, now at work on the street, could go on with this work as a part of the same Job he is now engaged in. Others to speak along this line were Messrs J. R. Ligon, J. K. Cross well, s. C. Baker, Qeo. P. Epperson, and C. C. Rowland. Major Lee thought that it would be a good Idss to try several different kinds of paving at the same time, but tho idea of having different kinds of paving laid on Main street met with disapprobation from those in? terested, as they thought the appear? ance of the street would be spoiled. The matter was gone over thorough ly and fully discussed. Members of council seemed to think it a cood! scheme if the city had the money, but the city did not have th-> money and there seetm d to be n?> likeli? hood of Its getting it. therefore there seemed to be no likelihood of the streets being paved. Mr. McLaurin stated that already as far as he could see the city would be Indebted lie 000 more than it would gel in taxes tu i licenses next year. Council finally went into executive session on the question and deddsd to grant the request on condition that those Interested i" the matter pay the COSt Of paving thO streets and carry the sum thus paid until Jan? uary 1. 191 fr<.f interest. Mr. i*. M. Parrott was granted per? mission to build a galvanised iron building for housing hii automobile. Mr. L. D. Jennings stated that he would be glad to have a concrete sidewalk around his residence and the request was granted on the same terms as was Mr. Geo. F. Epperson. CAPITAL STOCK $150,000. Sumter Savings Bank Stockholders Vote Unanimously for Increased Capitalization. Pursuant to tb* resolution of the board of d.rotors of the Sumter Savings Bank a ?Meeting of the stock? holders was held Tuesday afternoon in the office of the bank to consider the increase of the capital stock of the bank to $125,000 as recommend I ed by the directors, j The capital of the bank being $25, | OoO and the surplus $50,000 the plan , recommended by the directors was that a stock dividend of $50,000 be declared and that $50,000 in new stock be placed with persons not stockholders. Letters were sent out two weeks ag) inviting subscriptions to the new stock and the response to j these letters was subscriptions ' amounting to $87,500, an over sub ! scription of $37,b00. t The stockholders by formal reso? lution agreed to increase the capital stock, but as the subscriptions were so great it was decided to fix the cap? ital at $150,000 instead of $125,000, as first proposed. Even this increase will not take care of all the subscrip? tions and some of those who applied for stock will not receive it and oth? ers will not obtain al that they ask? ed for?the subscriptions exceeding the amount of new stock to be is? sued by $12,500. A resolution was also adopted that the bank be converted into a National bank and the name changed to The City National Bank. The first instalment of 20 per cent of the new stock will be called for on October 15th and the remainder will be called for in installments to be paid from time to time. It Is expected that the new charter under the National banking law will bo obtained in time for the City Nat? ional Bank to take over the business about January l'.th. National Bank Examiner Giles W. Wilson, is here today making a thorough investigation of the condi? tion of the business of the bank for the purpose of makin? a report to the Comptroller of the Currency, who will pass upon the application for a nat? ional bank charter. A REMARKABLE RECORD. Forty- two of the Fifty-throe High School Graduates Attending Col? lege. <>f the fifty-three pupils who were graduated from the city high school last June, forty*two are now attend? ing the different colleges it thus appears that the students not only remain in our schools, but, when they have finished here, go elsewhere to complete their course. Parents and children are to he alike concratulat ed upon this practical manifestation of their Interest in education. WOTIH.lt INCREASE OF CAPI? TAL. Sumter 1 oan and Trust Company to Double Capital stock. A meeting of the stockholders of the Sumter Loan and Trust Com? pany has been called to consider the Increase of the capital stock of that institution from $2?,000 to $50,000. such increase having been recom? mended by the board of directors, it is also proposed to change the name to The Sumter Trust Company. Waddy Porter was accsdntla] kiii ed near Fasley Saturday afternoon by Jack Looper while they were hunting rabbits.